Paradise Lost is referenced throughout the Morning Line as a parallel attempt to describe a universal model. Paradise Lost consists of twelve so-called ‘arguments’, each supporting different histories and perspectives on the formation and purpose of the universe expressed by different characters. In particular the theological debate over will versus environment is expressed through Milton’s construction of a universal model divided in to separate zones with different laws, powers and energies.

These stories are all expressed in several different ways. The structural design is literally built from drawings that can be visually and geometrically correlated to both a musical score and a narrative. Inside the video projection pavilion animations of places at different times in the history of the universe react and are built by the outside voices. Finally the various types of content, (architectural, musical, film, scientific, literary and theological) will be integrated and intertwined through Ritchie’s own stories, where they are updated and reformed once again to create yet another, seventh form.